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My rifle's firing pin has a square of metal, that stops the forward movement of the firing pin, when the square strikes the breech face, of the barrel. The square of metal had to be reduced. There are better ways (equipment like mills, etc.) to do this. But, the way I increased the forward movement of the firing pin works.
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The following video from Savage Arms depicts the basic disassembly and cleaning procedure for the all new A17 semi-automatic rimfire rifle chambered for the 17HMR cartridge. The video also details how to further take down the rifle should you accidentally pull the trigger and allow the hammer to drop while the bolt and recoil assembly is removed from
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Lately there have been a few threads asking about identifying the new or old MKII and 93 actions. Savage used to make two different receivers/actions. One for the MKII (.22lr or .17hm2) and one for the 93 series guns (.22mag or .17hmr). Sometime in the past year or so Savage started making the "E-Receiver". The e-receiver is now used for all of the 4 common rimfire calibers. Here are some pictures that show the past and present guns.
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Just bought new 17hmr and first 4 shells would not eject. Had to use my knife to remove the casings. Now 1 out of 7 will not eject. I am shooting Hornady 17 grain Vmax. Also had 2 misfires from a box of 50.But they did fire after I ran thru the gun a second time. Has anyone else had this problem?
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